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Volunteer Management
Volunteer Management
For an organization and its volunteers to benefit the most from each other, there must be a structure in place to manage that relationship. Volunteer management encompasses recruitment, screening, orienting, training, supervising and much more. This page includes readings and resources to shed more light on the complexity of this topic.
How Committees Can Help Prevent Volunteer Burnout
Source: Lexian Management Associates Rick Szilagyi and Lauriane Lebrun of Lexian Management Associates share their framework for volunteer committees that work well without burning out.
Posted on: July 10, 2019
Topics: Board | Leadership | Sustainability | Volunteer Management MindEdge Learning Professional Development
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Posted on: October 10, 2018
Topics: Online Tools | Cost savings | Featured Common Impact's Skills-Based Volunteering Toolkit
Since 2000, Common Impact has supported nonprofits in effectively utilizing skills-based volunteering to build internal capacity to better serve the community. With this knowledge, they have developed this toolkit to equip nonprofits with the resources and best practices to engage in successful pro bono projects.
Posted on: November 27, 2017
Topics: Best Practice | Volunteer Management 2017 New Hampshire Skilled Volunteer Report
Source: Executive Service Corps Executive Service Corps' (now Empower Success Corps Northern New England) 2017 New Hampshire Skilled Volunteer Report, based on a survey of nearly 700 volunteers, identifies some discrepancies between what's currently being done and what's possible with NH's volunteer population.
Posted on: October 24, 2017
Topics: Data & Research | Volunteer Management 2017 New Hampshire Nonprofit Needs Assessment
Source: Executive Service Corps Executive Service Corps surveyed nearly 350 nonprofit leaders for their 2017 New Hampshire Nonprofit Needs Assessment.
Posted on: October 24, 2017
Topics: Data & Research | Organizational Assessment | Volunteer Management Resources from the HIVE Program
The HIVE or High Impact Volunteer Engagement Program is designed to build nonprofits' capacity and increase their impact in the communities they serve through a pilot project to enhance highly skilled volunteer engagement in their organization. Here are some resources from the program that we would like to share.
Posted on: June 26, 2013
Topics: Volunteer Management More to Give: Tapping the Talents of the Baby Boomer, Silent, and Greatest Generations
Source: AARP This study looked at three generations:
- Baby Boomers, those who were born during the spike in birth rates, includes those born between 1946 and 1964 (currently ages 44 to 62);
- The Silent Generation, first referred to as such in a 1951 TIME Magazine article because of their place between comparatively revolutionary generations, includes those born between 1929 and 1945 (currently age 63 to 79);
- The Greatest Generation, who served in or supported the country through World War II, includes those born between 1901 and 1929 (currently 80 and older). The report discusses both the potential for and the barriers to civic engagement and volunteering among these generations.
Posted on: May 2, 2013
Topics: Volunteer Management Building a Mission Delivery Engine: Moving Your Website Beyond the Web
Engaging the Next Generation: How Non-Profits Can Reach Young Adults
This manual from the Ad Council explores how nonprofits can reach and attract young adults with targeted messages for getting young adults involved in causes and organizations that are meaningful to them. The manual also features tools and strategies to help cultivate young adults as lifelong volunteers. Read More...
This manual from the Ad Council explores how nonprofits can reach and attract young adults with targeted messages for getting young adults involved in causes and organizations that are meaningful to them. The manual also features tools and strategies to help cultivate young adults as lifelong volunteers. Read More...
Posted on: February 28, 2013
Topics: Marketing | Volunteer Management Blue Avocado Articles for Volunteer Organizations
Source: Blue Avocado A collection of articles from Blue Avocado that are particularly relevant to all-volunteer organizations.
Posted on: February 27, 2013
Topics: Volunteer Management State Volunteer Data
Volunteering & Civic Engagement in America, a project of the Corporation for National & Community Service and the National Conference on Citizenship, hosts data on volunteering, civic engagement, political involvement, social connectedness and more.
View NH statistics and data.
Posted on: February 27, 2013
Topics: Volunteer Management Value of Volunteer Time for 2012
Source: Independent Sector Independent Sector has released an updated estimate of the national value of volunteer time, as well as state specific values.
Posted on: February 27, 2013
Topics: Volunteer Management | Data & Research 
Get a guide for recruiting and managing volunteers by visiting NonprofitNext today.
Additional Resources
Need more volunteer management resources?
Check out the High Impact Volunteer Engagement Program, a team-based program to help you more effectively work with skilled volunteers.
Volunteer NH is the best place to find volunteers and volunteer opportunities in New Hampshire.
Strengthen your skills and network with peers through the NH Association of Volunteer Administrators.
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